- Wankel rotary engine
- nouna rotary engine that is a four-stroke internal-combustion engine without reciprocating parts• Syn: ↑Wankel engine, ↑epitrochoidal engine• Hypernyms: ↑rotary engine
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Wankel rotary engine
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